If the electors of this town shall fail to choose a candidate for any office, by reason of an equality of votes at any electors' meeting, the mayor shall forthwith warn an electors' meeting for the purpose of dissolving the tie vote, which special electors' meeting shall be warned, organized, conducted and proceeded with as are biennial electors' meetings, except that the ballots shall contain only the names of the candidates to be voted for. The registry list used at the meetings shall be the list last completed.
(‘66 Code, § 81-2)